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Happy Spring everyone!! I just downloaded a great little app on to my phone. It is called CanadianMortgageApp. It is a fill in the blank mortgage calculator that instantly tells you how much down payment you will need depending on how much house you are purchasing. It includes things like rental income (if you plan to rent out a basement suite), taxes, and Land Transfer Tax. I ...

The Fort McMurray Real Estate Board reports that overall sales are down 64.7% in February 2015 compared to last year. Although prices are the last statistic to change in any market correction or recovery prices in the Fort McMurray area are dropping as well. The average price of a single-family detached home has fallen from $789,740 to $746,202 in the same period. The story is similar but ...

Whether you are a buyer or seller in a Real Estate transaction you will have to make the decision to use a notary or lawyer to complete the transaction for you. You can actually do the transaction without using either but it is complicated and risky. Whether a buyer or seller uses a notary or lawyer is their own personal decision. Usually the decision is based on a savings. The general opinion is that ...

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Residential Statistics - Okanagan/Shuswap Okanagan Shuswap Home sales bouncing back after a snowy January curbs recovery Did you know there are many differences in using a lawyer or Notary? Due to a fairly consistent demand for Real Estate investment information we have added a new section to our newsletter. Below is a link to an Excel Spreadsheet with a much more advanced statistical analysis of ...

As we reported last month. Our predictions for Okanagan home sales were that January statistics were down as a result of the huge snowfall. If this was the cause then February statistics would rebound dramatically. This is exactly what happened. Real Estate Sales in the Okanagan Shuswap housing market are up substantially when compared to last February and when compared to January of 2015. As we go ...

The Hockey season is finally over, time to hang up the skates and start cheering from the sidelines in a different sport. Bring on the soccer season! I have enjoyed an amazing season of coaching my Pee Wee hockey team the Vernon Blazers. We ended the season in style with a very high-pressure tournament win in Kelowna. The Kelowna Cup hosted 20 teams from around our province, thus making ...

Did you know we speak multiple languages?That's just a little tongue and cheek. However, our global site does speak multiple languages. In the Okanagan Shuswap Real Estate market it is more important to market your property to the entire world than many other areas. Primarily because we are one of the most popular destinations to move to on the planet. So how can we market your home to people who do ...

Whenever I say that people say, "You're Realtor you have to be optimistic". It's funny that in 2007 I was called a killjoy and a pessimist when I said the correction is coming. As was expected the numbers are very positive for 2014. I was talking to a Realtor at another brand over the holidays and in his opinion the Alberta oil prices are finally going to push the economy and the Real Estate Market ...

As the Spring Real Estate Market in the Okanagan and around parts of Canada start to heat up we can find ourselves in more then 1 offer to present to our Sellers. Many Buyers are afraid to put an offer in without a subject to a home inspection. A great suggestion to Sellers is get the pre-inspection done before the property is listed, so people are aware of what they're buying. This ...

As we reported last month. Our predictions were that January statistics were down as a result of the huge snowfall. If this was the cause then February statistics would rebound dramatically. This is exactly what happened. Real Estate Sales in the Okanagan Shuswap housing market are up substantially when compared to last February and when compared to January of 2015. As we go through March we are ...

Stories like these drive me nuts....Real Estate Markets are LOCAL to that area...reports like this DO NOT apply to the whole country!! The Okanagan is revving up and OUR STATS tell a different story! You CANNOT generalize..please see your LOCAL Agent to know whats happening in YOUR MARKET! Article out of a REP magazine.... Latest HPI report shows cooling markets across CanadaHomeNews by Olivia D'Orazio12 ...

Kelowna, BC – The Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) reported February 2015 sales activity of all MLS® property types improved 34% compared to the same month in 2014 – bouncing back 53% from sluggish results in January. “After a more than usual slowdown in January, Okanagan Shuswap home sales rallied along with consumer confidence during February despite weaker economic conditions in Alberta. ...

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by Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer
postedMar 4, 2015at9:00 AMCome to Salmon Arm for a visit – relax, enjoy, recharge your batteries. Literally. Two parking stalls for charging electric vehicles are in the works for Salmon Arm’s Ross Street parking lot. On Feb. 10, city council approved the installation of a charging station ...

After a disappointing start to 2015, the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board is reporting a 34 per cent improvement in home sales in February compared with the same month in 2014. “After a more than usual slowdown in January, Okanagan-Shuswap home sales rallied along with consumer confidence during February despite weaker economic conditions in Alberta,” Real Estate Board president Darcy Griffiths ...

After a disappointing start to 2015, the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board is reporting a 34 per cent improvement in home sales in February compared with the same month in 2014. “After a more than usual slowdown in January, Okanagan-Shuswap home sales rallied along with consumer confidence during February despite weaker economic conditions in Alberta,” Real Estate Board president Darcy Griffiths ...

Are Your Motivated Enough To Sell Your House? On a scale from one to ten, with one being ready to sell and move right now, and 10, being you really don’t care if your home sells or not, where are you on the scale? Between 6 and 10? Then your house will most likely not sell. Are you one of the many who are just testing out the market? Do you think your need (or desire) to move is at the point where ...

So everyone is wondering, "Is spring really here or is this nice weather just drawing us in and will suddenly change to snow again?" I will give you the answer. Yesterday, even though there were two mini blizzards out there, I brought my 2 motorcycles home from storage. Folks, spring is here!! January and February were slow months. I think all the snow in January actually ...

The answer is "yes", according to BMO. In the first month of 2015, 2,642 properties sold in the province, a decline of nearly 30 per cent from 2014’s numbers. The median price also declined in the province, falling 1.6 per cent. Canada saw a decline ...

The Vernon Banister blazer kept their quest to claim the super league playoff championship with a stellar performance against the undefeated tough Salmon arm squad with a hard fought 3-1 victory . The Blazers set out to play Blazers hockey , tough solid defence and strong back checking says coach Martian. This is our motto and game plan all the way to the championship. The Blazers opening the scoring ...

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